Comments on: Cadillac CTS-V faster the BMW M3 and M5 on Nurburgring track http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:24:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Elite Import Cars » 2009 Cadillac CTS-V vs 2008 BMW M5 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-56702 Elite Import Cars » 2009 Cadillac CTS-V vs 2008 BMW M5 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:19:14 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-56702 [...] Cadillac CTS-V faster the BMW M3 and M5 on Nurburgring track [...] [...] Cadillac CTS-V faster the BMW M3 and M5 on Nurburgring track [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-45779 Mark Sat, 17 May 2008 03:05:12 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-45779 Yeppers, so what....unless Cadillac has learned to put a SERIOUS interior into their cars and not the usual plastic, chrome and cheap ass leather, it may be a great car in the end.....then again, the Big Three always seem to think that as long as they insert BIG engines and LOTS of torque, buyers will overlook their usually SUB PAR interiors.....not to mention that ANY Cadillac will loose roughly 50% of its value just 15' from the dealer's drive....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Cheers, Yeppers, so what….unless Cadillac has learned to put a SERIOUS interior into their cars and not the usual plastic, chrome and cheap ass leather, it may be a great car in the end…..then again, the Big Three always seem to think that as long as they insert BIG engines and LOTS of torque, buyers will overlook their usually SUB PAR interiors…..not to mention that ANY Cadillac will loose roughly 50% of its value just 15′ from the dealer’s drive….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Cheers,

]]> By: Benny http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-45722 Benny Thu, 15 May 2008 05:38:11 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-45722 I would not rate this news to high, because the times known for the BMWs are driven from the German magazine "sport auto" and their driver "Horst von Saurma", whereas the times posted by Nissan and Cadillac are driven by their professional drivers. BMW never posted laptimes driven by their own experts who are driving the Nordschleife every day and worked out the setup of the M-cars. I can imagine that they are some seconds quicker than Horst von Saurma, who is a good driver, but you can't count him to the top of the crowd. So maybe BMW also made faster laptops with M3 and M5, but just didn't post them. There are definitely a lot of drivers who can drive the ring faster than Horst von Saurma, and if he does it in 8:05 and some Cadillac-Pro does it in 7:59, well, I think it depends more on the driver than on the car which is the faster one. Both cars are obviously very fast. Greetings from Germany ;-) I would not rate this news to high,
because the times known for the BMWs are driven from the German magazine “sport auto” and their driver “Horst von Saurma”, whereas the times posted by Nissan and Cadillac are driven by their professional drivers. BMW never posted laptimes driven by their own experts who are driving the Nordschleife every day and worked out the setup of the M-cars. I can imagine that they are some seconds quicker than Horst von Saurma, who is a good driver, but you can’t count him to the top of the crowd.
So maybe BMW also made faster laptops with M3 and M5, but just didn’t post them. There are definitely a lot of drivers who can drive the ring faster than Horst von Saurma, and if he does it in 8:05 and some Cadillac-Pro does it in 7:59, well, I think it depends more on the driver than on the car which is the faster one. Both cars are obviously very fast.

Greetings from Germany ;-)

]]> By: RawAutos http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-45707 RawAutos Wed, 14 May 2008 20:30:59 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-45707 I agree with EuropaCar. I actually just wrote my weekly RawAutos article about this topic for this week. I am happy to see that Cadillac makes a manual transmission car that is worthy to take on the M3 and M5. The new IS-F and the MB C63 AMG aren't really cutting the mustard. I would sit a CTS-V next to an M3/M5 in my garage any day... I agree with EuropaCar. I actually just wrote my weekly RawAutos article about this topic for this week. I am happy to see that Cadillac makes a manual transmission car that is worthy to take on the M3 and M5. The new IS-F and the MB C63 AMG aren’t really cutting the mustard.

I would sit a CTS-V next to an M3/M5 in my garage any day…

]]> By: EuropaCar http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-45702 EuropaCar Wed, 14 May 2008 16:32:42 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/14/cadillac-cts-v-faster-the-bmw-m3-and-m5-on-nurburgring-track/#comment-45702 I am actually fairly happy about this news - hopefully with this Cadillac and the nissan gtr time claims, BMW will be inspired to beat them I am actually fairly happy about this news - hopefully with this Cadillac and the nissan gtr time claims, BMW will be inspired to beat them

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